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method to find in each muscle 250 to 350 small nerve-fibres entering the 

 tendon from the fleshy part of the muscle. These fibres enter commonly in 

 groups comprising three to eight fibres in a bundle. The individual fibres 

 dichotomise, exhibit relatively thick, loose primitive sheaths, and nodes 

 recurring freqviently at short intervals. The entrance into the tendon of 



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Sui)eiior Iloctus of Monkey {Mamcus rlicxns). roi tioii of tlie junction of tliu fK'«li3' 1);ii t 

 of the muscle witli its tendon, embracing iibout one-twelfth of the whole breadth of 

 the nui.Hcle, showing tendon-nerves jtassing from the former into the latter, and then 

 recurving to terminate in variously brush -shajjed eiulinss. Jntra-viUtin methylene 

 blue method (Elirlich). These nerves and endings disajjpear after intracranial 

 severance of the 3rd nerve. 



sucli iiuml)er8 of myelinate nerve-fibres, obviously from their microscopic 

 cha)-!ictcr8 about to end, supplies a criterion for judging the afferent innerva- 

 tion of the muscle, and we have used it as such. 



B. Condition of Ihi Orhilnl Nerves and Masdes after Severance of the 

 Various Cranial Nerves Supplying the Orbit.— To determine the source or 



